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# What Fort Knox Tried in 2023
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-knox-courts-martial-2023/
- Published: 2026-10-30T08:12:46.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-30T08:12:46.000Z
- Description: Fort Knox tried 14 courts-martial in 2023, and a military judge alone decided every one. All 4 contested cases that reached a verdict ended in a full acquittal. The contested share was 29%, compared with 31% across the Army.
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Fort Knox, Army

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**Short answer:** Fort Knox tried 14 courts-martial in 2023, and a military judge alone decided every one. All 4 contested cases that reached a verdict ended in a full acquittal. The contested share was 29%, compared with 31% across the Army.

Based on 14 cases · 2023 · Army records · data updated October 24, 2026

## Every Contested Verdict Was a Full Acquittal

A case is contested when the accused enters a not-guilty or mixed plea. At Fort Knox, 4 of the 14 cases were contested and 10 ended in guilty pleas. The contested share, 29%, is about the same as the 31% in the rest of the Army.

Each of the 4 contested cases that reached a verdict ended in a full acquittal (4 of 4). With only 4 cases, a single verdict would change this result. All 10 guilty pleas are recorded with a plea agreement. Army records note only whether an agreement existed, not its terms.

## No Panel Cases

The accused usually chooses whether a military judge alone or a panel of members decides guilt. In 2023, a judge alone heard all 14 cases at Fort Knox. Members heard 0% of cases here, compared with 19% across the Army.

## Sentences After Conviction

Of the 14 cases, 10 ended in a conviction on at least one charge, and 9 of those sentences included confinement (90%). The median confinement was 5 months, shorter than the 6 months in the rest of the Army. A quarter of the sentences that included confinement were 2.3 years or longer.

Of 8 convicted enlisted members, 5 received a punitive discharge, meaning a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge. These are adjudged sentences, set at trial before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal.

## Charges in the Records

All 14 records list charges, and each article counts once per case. Article 134 (general article) and Article 120 (rape and sexual assault) each appeared in 4 cases (29%). Across the Army those shares were 24% and 21%.

Article 80 (attempts) and Article 92 (failure to obey order or regulation) each appeared in 3 cases (21%). Article 93a (prohibited activities with recruit or trainee) and Article 120c (other sexual misconduct) each appeared in 2 cases (14%), compared with 1% and 3% across the Army. Article 128 (assault) also appeared in 14% of cases, lower than the Army share of 26%.

| UCMJ Article                                                                                                                                  | Cases | Share here | Share, all Army cases in those years |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- | ------------------------------------ |
| [Art. 134](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-134/?ref=bodiesburied.com) General article                      | 4     | 29%        | 24%                                  |
| [Art. 120](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-120-sexual-assault/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Rape and sexual assault                       | 4     | 29%        | 21%                                  |
| [Art. 80](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-80/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Attempts                               | 3     | 21%        | 8%                                   |
| [Art. 92](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-92/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Failure to obey order or regulation    | 3     | 21%        | 11%                                  |
| Art. 93a Prohibited activities with recruit or trainee                                                                                        | 2     | 14%        | 1%                                   |
| [Art. 120c](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-120c/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Other sexual misconduct            | 2     | 14%        | 3%                                   |
| [Art. 128](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-128/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Assault                              | 2     | 14%        | 26%                                  |
| [Art. 120b](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-120b/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Rape and sexual assault of a child | 1     | 7%         | 8%                                   |

## Rank and Court Level

The accused were 3 junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4), 8 NCOs (E-5 to E-9), and 3 officers or warrant officers. Across the Army, 56% of the accused were junior enlisted, so this group was more senior.

Of the 14 cases, 13 were general courts-martial (93%), compared with 76% across the Army. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge.

## Fort Carson and Fort Benning

Fort Carson tried 20 cases in 2023 and Fort Benning tried 21\. Fort Knox had more full acquittals in contested cases than either: 4 of 4, compared with 3 of 10 and 0 of 4\. Its median confinement, 5 months, was the same as at Fort Benning and shorter than the 6 months at Fort Carson.

| Installation | Cases | Contested | Full acquittals (decided contested) | Median confinement | Punitive discharge (enlisted) |
| ------------ | ----- | --------- | ----------------------------------- | ------------------ | ----------------------------- |
| Fort Knox    | 14    | 29%       | 4 of 4                              | 5 months           | 5 of 8                        |
| Fort Carson  | 20    | 50%       | 3 of 10                             | 6 months           | 94%                           |
| Fort Benning | 21    | 19%       | 0 of 4                              | 5 months           | 70%                           |

## Outside the Trial Record

The records give trial dates, not offense dates. They do not describe the evidence or the plea terms. Cases handled by nonjudicial punishment or administrative separation do not appear.

Dates and sources for the law changes mentioned here: [UCMJ change timeline](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/ucmj-change-timeline/).

### How We Counted

Every court-martial tried at Fort Knox with a trial date in 2023 (14 cases).

Source: public court-martial records (Article 140a, UCMJ) in [Military Trial Results](https://www.bodiesburied.com/military-trial-results/), data updated October 24, 2026\. Definitions, sources, and known gaps: [how this data was built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/how-the-military-trial-results-data-was-built/). Errors: content@bodiesburied.com.

## Related Analysis

- [Fort Knox: Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-fort-knox/) (hub)
- [By Year](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-year/) (hub)
- [A Year of Courts-Martial at Fort Knox: 2021](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-knox-courts-martial-2021/) (previous / next)
- [What Fort Knox Tried in 2024](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-knox-courts-martial-2024/) (previous / next)
- [Inside 39 Courts-Martial at Fort Knox, 2021–2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-knox-courts-martial-2021-2023/) (the whole period)
- [A Year of Courts-Martial at Camp Humphreys: 2024](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-humphreys-courts-martial-2024/)
- [A Year of Courts-Martial at Camp Humphreys: 2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-humphreys-courts-martial-2025/)
- [A Year of Courts-Martial at Fort Benning: 2022](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-benning-courts-martial-2022/)
- [A Year of Courts-Martial at Fort Benning: 2023](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/fort-benning-courts-martial-2023/)
- [Search every case in Military Trial Results](https://www.bodiesburied.com/military-trial-results/) (members)

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## Military Judges Who Presided Over Cases at Fort Knox, 2023

- [Robert A. Cohen](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-robert-a-cohen/)
- [John R. Maloney](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-john-r-maloney/)

Names and links only. Each judge's record of pleas, findings, and sentences is on their Know Your Judge page, part of the [Court-Martial Characters](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judges/) membership.

**About the author.** Jocelyn C. Stewart is a retired Army JAG with more than 24 years of trying courts-martial and more than 200 jury trials. She hosts *Where All The Bodies Are Buried* and runs the [Law Office of Jocelyn C. Stewart](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/?ref=bodiesburied.com). This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.